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Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
N. s. q. w.
Opening of the Admission Day
CelebratiOns.


Celebrations.
SAN Francisco, September g.
Fourteen parlors participated in this
evenings parade of the Native Sons
OF the Golden West, the occasion be-
ing the visit of the local parlors of
Napa City to attend the celebration Of
the 9th anniversary of the admission
of California into the Union. The
procession was excellent, but was
marred by
ONE SERIOUS MISHAP.
While David F. Nye, chief aid to
Grand Marshal Martin, was attempt
ing to fasten saddle upon his horse
the animal became frightened and in
endeavoring to manage him Mr.. Nye
slipped on the cobbles, fell and broke
his leg,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
WALLA WALLA.
Serious Damage Done to the
Crops by Rain.

PORTLAND, Ogn., September S.-Lat
est reports from Walla Walla valley
are to the effect that recent heavy
rains in that region have done much
more damage to the exposed crops
than was at first supposed. Grain in
stacks has been wet to depth of one
or two feet and has sprouted, necessi-
tating great trouble in turning over
the stacks. Sacked grain piled in
fields has in many instances com.
menced to rot.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
sKIRMISH SHOOTING.
Stamm, of California, Scores An
other victory.


SAN Francisco, September 8.-To
day was the first day of the skirmish
firing firing at the Presidio in the de-
partment team match. The skirmish-
ing was excellent, and better thar
any previous days skirmish shooting
on this coast. Stamm of California
and Reed, of the Columbia team
tied for honors, each making splen.
did score of 100. AS Stamm had
made the better record at known dis
tances, he was, according to rules
awarded the first place.
PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY.
Tomorrow finishes the skirmish
shooting and the match which will
determine the team of the Division o
the Pacific.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
Rusiness Failure.

Boston, September S.-F. G. Daven-
port, dealer in metals, is embarrassed
by business dealings with E. s.
Wheeler & Co., of New Haven, and
has made voluntary assignment. i
is thought that his liabilities will
amount to 800, 900.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
CAPTURED by the ssRuxh ~

SAN Francisco, September S.-The
schooner Sadie F. Caller, which ar
rived to-day from O1ualaska, brings
the news that the revenue cutter Rich
ard Rush has seized the American
schooner San Jose with 1000 skins.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
Increased Assessments,

PORTLAND, Ogn., September s.-The
County Assessor to-day completed the
work of estimating the assessable
property in Multnomah county for the
calendar year 1887, which amounts to
$40, ,252, 200. This is 81 ,490, 900 more
than it was in 1886.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
A Pioneers Death.

SONORA, CAL, September s.-John
Taylor, Justice OF the Peace, was
here Yesterday. A cart load Of wood
capsized upon him, crushing his skull.
He was a native OF Scotland, aged II,
and an old pioneer settler.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
OMAN OvERBOARD."
Sad Death of a Northern Steam.
boat PASSENGER.

SEATTLE, w. T., September s.
James Kincaid, resident of STAN
wood, in returning from Seattle to his
home on the steamer Glide yesterday,
met with a. accident that caused his
death. spon being asked for his fare
he stepped backward, and in comply
ing fell into the water and was drown
ed. Efforts to recover the body have
proved unavailing.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
Mormon Arrivals.

New YORK, September S.-The
Guion steamer Wisconsin landed 150
Mormon passengers to-day, all OF
whom leave tonight for Utah.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
McGnrirle Indicted,

MONTREAL, Canada, September g.
The Grand Jury found bill against
boodler McGarigle to-day. Detective
Pinkerton and Col. Hickey of Chicago,
arrived this morning.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
lRarOu Pnsteur.

VIENNA, September S.-The Emper-
or Francis Joseph has conferred upon
M. Pasteur the decoration of the Iron
Crown, with the title of Baron.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
DlSORDEKLY DOINGS.
Antf.Socia1ist Gathering at Rot.
terda dam..SeriOus RiOtinU.

terdam.-SeriOus RiOting.
ROTTERDAM, September S.-Neik-
wensuis, Socialist agitator, was ten
dered a reception last night, by the
Socialists. A crowd stoned the build
ing in which the reception was held
and tore down and burned the social
ist flags. Several men forced an en-
trance into the house and smashed
the Socialistic emblems and made a
general wreck of the furniture. The
Socialists fed through the back door.
The police charged the mob and sue
ceeded in dispensing it.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
ABubear-Courtncy A Match.

WATKINS, N. Y, September s.
Bubear and Courtney to-day signed
articles to row three miles with turr
at Oswego, September 28, for $1,000 {
side.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
Canada,s Mail subsidy.

LoNDoN, September S.-The Gov
ernment has assented to the granting
OF a subsidy of 445, 900 yearly to the
Canadian Pacific railway, for carrying
mails to and from the East.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
FATAL FIREARMS.
A Little Girl Accidentally Shot
by Her Brother.

PORTLAND, Or. September S.-A fatal
accidental shooting occurred yesterday
near Clearwater, Idaho. Herrick, a
IL year old son of j. Wicker, was
handling a revolver in the house when
the weapon accidentally discharged:
The ball took effect in the stomach of
the boys little sister Bessie, nine
years old, who was sitting on a lounge
in the room at the time. The girl is
alive but cannot recover.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
Bulgarian rIonors.

SOFIA, September S.-Prince Ferdi-
nand has conferred upon ex-Regents
Nj. Stanbuloff and NJ. Sitkof' and Col.
Mulkwroff the decoration of the order
of Bravery.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
wedding Bells.

LONDON, September S.-Sir Henry
Tichborne was married at Coventry
to-day to Miss Mary Petre.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
New Jersey PrOhibitiOnists.

TRENTON, N. j., September s.
About 200 of the leading Prohibition
lists of the State met in congress in
this city to-day.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
ZUBBA SUSPENDED.
His Attack ON Consul Brigham
tho Probable Cause.

Ell PAso, September s. S.-Licensiado
Najeraw, of Paso Del Norte, who is
Prosecuting Attorney of the court and
next in authority to Judge Zubia, who
recently assaulted Consul Brigham,
has received a telegram announcing
the suspension of Zubia and instruct
ing him to turn over Immediately the
archives, ETC., of the court to First
Alcalde Juan Barela.
WHY WAS HE REMOVED?
Opinions differ as to.the cause of Zu-
bias suspension. Some assign it to
his unwarranted attack upon Consul
Brigham and others say that the
charges made against him by the
Mayor of the Province brought about
the results. The Supreme Court OF
the State of chihuahua suspended
him at secret session.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
ALL IN VAIN.
Am Unsuccessful Attempt to Es.
cape by Suisun Prisoners.

Am Unsuccessful Attempt to Es-
cape by Suisun Prisoners.
SUIsUN, September S.-Henry Will
son and Henry Peters, burglars, at
tempted to break Jail last night. They
had previously sawed the bolts Of
their cell door and filled the seams
with soap. During the night they
took the lock from the door and came
out into the corridor where they found
a warden. They threatened him and
told him they would murder him in
stantly if he said word.
GOOD WORKERS.
They then put him into a cell and
commenced their work of digging
through the Jail wall near the floor.
At o'clock this morning when they
were caught they had taken out about
200 bricks and had come to granite
slab which stopped further progress,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
A GREAT GALE.
Several ships Missing at Less
of Life.


ST. JOHNS, N. F., September g.
Reports from all parts of the country
show that the gale on the Goth of Au-
gust was one long to be remembered
for loss of life and extent of damage.
A vessel, name unknown, was wrecked
on the back of Langley Island, near
st. Pierre, and as no trace of her crew
has yet been found, it is feared that
they must all have been lost. Several
large vessels went ashore on Dog
Island, near st. Pierre, and in many
cases became total wrecks.
HEAVY DAMAGES.
One hundred thousand dollars will
not cover the extent of damage to
property sustained by New Foundland
vessels that were on the banks during
the storm. A few of those who went
out in the morning never had chance
to return, but were swallowed up in
the pitiless storm or driven to sea to
drown.
GIVEN UP FOR LOST.
A French banker of st. Pierre, with
a crew of fifteen men, are sup
posed to be lost. Five banking
schooners are missing from Burin.
Five vessels from Grand Bank and
one from Burgeo, all of which were OH
the banks the morning of the gale,
have not yet been heard from.
LABRADoR's REPORT.
A telegram to-day gives the first re-
port from Labrador of the gale. and
says that from places so far heard
from ten schooners have been lost, but
no lives.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
GLADSTONE,S REPLY.
OverWOrk VIII Prevent His Com.
ing to America.

ing to America.
LONDON, September SIN reply to
the invitation to attend the Centenni-
ary Celebration of the adoption of the
American Constitution at Philadel-
phia, Gladstone says: "The attrac-
tions of the invitation are enhanced to
me by the circumstance that l have
always regarded the constitution az
the most remarkable work known to
modern times, to have been produced
by human intellect, at single stroke,
so to speak, in its application to polit-
ical affairs.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
TRIAL TRIP.
Satisfactory Report Respecting
the New Cruiser Boston.

satisfactory Report Respecting
the New Cruiser Boston.
WASHINGTON, September S.-The
official report of the officers in charge
of the new cruiser Boston upon the
recent trial trip up Long Island Sound
has been received at the Navy De-
partment. The trial lasted six hours
and resulted in the development of
more horsepower than the $500 re-
quired by contract.
OFFICIAL STATISTICS.
The maximum collective horse
power developed by the machinery
during the trial was 424S, while the
mean power during the trial was
1880. The mean distance run per
hour was 1873 knots. The mean revo-
lutions were $685. per hour, and the
mean steam pressure SO pounds per
square inch.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
THE INVITATION APPRECIATED,

The invitation is accompanied by
every accessory that even American
hospitality could devise. Had l real
option in the matter / could not but
accept, but limited time, and incessant
pressure of duties, make me know too
we'll it cannot be DONE"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09

weights for to-day's contests at Niagara
Falls:
First race, five-eighths of mile,
selling-Gilt, 90; Glendon, 96; Erak,
96 Peacock, 90: Carlow, So; Karl H.,
96;J Brennan, 95;
Second race, mile, selling-Carrie
g., 10; Prugle, l15; Luna Brown,
1O7; Manville, 95; Frarry, 105.
Third race, three-fourths OF a mile
MONDAY. 109; Valour, 1lS; Minnie,
gelding, 115; Ontario, 80; IL. Cooper,
l02; Umehia, ITO.
Fourth race, hurdle, mile heats,
selling-Mamie r., 12G; Wild Rose,
1877; Neptunus, 13O.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
THE SANTA FE SYSTEM.
An ExtentiOn from Los Angeles
to Santa Barbara Probable.

SAN Francisco, September S.-The
fact that the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe road opened an Office in
Santa Barbara to-day, is regarded in
railroad circles here as an initial move
ment on the part of the Santa Fe to
build into Santa Barbara by extend
ing one of its many branches of the
California Central that now run out
from Los Angeles.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
WHY WAS HE REMoyED2
CREDITORS CONVENTION.
A Proposition for Settlement re
fused by Dresbach.

SAN Francisco, September S.-A
meeting of the Call Board creditors Of
William Dresbach and John Rosenfeld
was held to-day. A committee was
appointed to propose to Dresbach &
Rosenfeld that it was the sense of the
meeting that settlement in full would
be made, provided that the margins
on all contracts were reduced to 81 sc
per Genital.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
DECLINED.

The committee reported later that
Dresback would not entertain the
offer of the creditors, and refused to
make any proposition to them him
Golf
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
THEIR ARGUMENT

Mohlberg Bros. claim that mas
much as the greater portion of the i'm
portation consisted of leaves not duti-
able for wrappers, it should have been
assessed on the whole importation at
a rate of 35 per cent ad valorem. The
Secretary sustains the Collectors de-
cisiOn.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09

IrsLxaRArH CONCLUDED ON NINTH rAex. /
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
OFFICIAL STATISTICS.
CUSTOMS COLLECTIONS.
An Appeal for Rebate by n To.
bacco Firm Refused.

Ell PAso, Tex, September 8.-The
Collector of Customs received a letter
from the United States Secretary of
State to-day in regard to an appeal
taken by Kohlberg Bros, large to-
bacco firm in this city, from one of the
Collectors decisions assessing duty at
the rate Of rs cents per pound on a
portion (40 per cent) of quantity
of leaf tobacco imported by them per
wagon from Mexico and entered for
consumption August 11th,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-22

two remained constantly on the watch. This
was kept up until about o'clock, when the
offending bird again returned. This time
the birds on guard pitched into him, and
were assisted by several others who flew to
their assistance. They surrounded the little
fellow, and, by some means, how the in ter
eSted observers could not tell, they succeeded
in getting small string or thread about his
neck. They then forced him over the edge
of the nest until he fell distance of three
feet, and brought up at the end of the
halter
The bird could not release himself or find
any place to alight except on the nest above.
He tried to reach this, and did SO perhaps
dozen times or oftener, but every time he
was caught and thrown back into space by
the vigilance committee which was sta
tioned in solid phalanX around the edges of
the nest. At last the little fellow became
exhausted and fell the length of the cord
and was strangled to death. As soon as the
bird ceased to struggle the throng about the
nest dispersed after chattering expression
of opinion, and the builders proceeded with
their work, leaving the culprit hanging as
warning to others. The bird Is hanging
there yet
This is the second instance of ornithologi-
cal justice melted out according to the stat
utes which has occurred in this city within
a week. In the other case the culprit was
hung to the limb of tree by another col
ony of sparrows in the lower end OF the
city under almost exactly similar circum-
stances.
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oRNITHoLOGIAL JUSTICE.
English Sparrows Hang Offending
Birds at the Court House.

Enolish Sparrows Hang Offending
Birds at the Court House.
A dispatch from Parkersburg, w. Va, to
the Cincinnati Enquirer says: The good
and bad traits, the pugnacity, domesticity,
fecrndity, voracity and other qualities of
the English sparrow have all been subjected
toexbaustive treatises by renowned ornithol-
opists and learned professors, and many
ga stories have been told of their intelli-
pence and reasoning power, but none OF
tbem will surpass the following, which is
authenticated by such men as ex-Sherlff Z.
n smith. Prosecuting Attorney j. q. Nc
Ciner Deputy Sheriff Ben Stewart, Capt.
Roh patterson, and dozens of other citizens
whose yeracity cannot be questioned This
is the story as told by them: large colony
Of English sparrows have built their nests
In t5c crevices of the cornice, abovethe col
umns among the dentals aud in fact wher-
ever they can get one TO stick about the
court house. Their familiarity with the law
ond its provisions was well established to-
day. ey....,c,. oe,oo l..
tween the spout and the cornice, about 25
feet from the ground, family was building
. largo nest. but in its erection had either
jnmned the claim of another family, or some
;rann snarrow. too lazy TO work, had con-
Guided 10 squat ON the premises, for about
noon Yesterday the building was stopped
and n noisy crowd was trying to drive n
Stubborn bird away. After time they
succeeded, but he returned again and again,
while fine builders were absent. AT last "
was observed that when the architects ana
builders were away after material one OF
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naturally asked what could be done under
the circumstances. Then the scheme would
be unfolded to them.
=, "Well, give us $40 each and we will see
that you are not molested"
w hen the money was paid nothing would
be said, and the merchants would 60 right
on selling his groceries and fish and meats as
II nothing had happened. When the money
was not paid one of the missionaries would
call on Capt McCullagh of the Sixth pre-
clnct and inform him that gambling was 60
ing on at the address of the merchant who
had refused to give up" The Captain is
very careful how he handles Mott street,
knowing that as q rule the Cinnamon play
cards in their houses at night with friends.
Fan-tan is a national game with the Chin
ese, as poker is with the Americans, and
nothing would be easier than to suppose
they were gambling when found playing the
game.
Many times the Captain refused to do any
lining in the matter, and then the mission
aries go to Anthony Comstock, who
promptly raids the places, arrests the in
mates of the houses, takes them to court;
the missionaries who gave Comstock the tip
swear that gambling was being carried on
at the house, and the merchant and his
friends are fined. Cinnamon, as a rule, do
not believe in the Christian OATH neither do
the missionaries, and that is the way they
swear when giving their evidence.
There are eight or ten of the merchants
who have paid for the protection, and finally
1t became SO monotonous that it was brought
to the attention of the governors of the
colony, who informed the men that they
were being systematically swindled. Then
the merchants who had suffered made a
complaint against Thorn, and he was ar
rested Thursday afternoon in front of the
Tombs.
Thorn, HUE King, and Clue Sing are
paid $50 per month by the Board of For
eign Missions of the New York Presbytery
to preach among the Chinese. Whether
they have done it or not will be seen during
the trial of the case.
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THE DOLLAR.
It's History From the Beginning Until
Now
From the Findncier.

From the Financicr
Our word dollar dates back to 1873, when
a resolution was passed by Congress which
provided that it should be the unit of money
of the United States Another resolution
was passed in 1875, Aug. 5, providing that
it should weigh 375 "a grains of pure silver.
The mint was established in 1892, and was
then required to coin silver dollars contain
ing 3125 grains of pure silver. This was
due to the influence of Alexander Hamilton.
No dollars were coined until 1894, and then
irregular They are worth now 500 each.
In 1894 the coinage Of regular dol
lars began. Our coin was an adapta-
ton of the Spanish milled dollar, coin
very popular wherever the Spaniards trav-
eled The coin was called ''piastre,n mean
ing a fiat piece of metal; it is synonymous
with plaster IL is supposed that the Span
iards took the German ''thaler' and called
it by the name of ''piaster." The word
dollar is entered in Bailey's English Diction-
nary of 1745, and was used repeatedly by
Shakespeare at the beginning Of the seven
teenth century, especially in Macbeth, H., 2,
60; "Till she disbursed - = 4 $4,000 to our
general use.n (See also the Tempest, IL, |, 10
The question where Shakespeare found the
word dollar is answered by the fact that the
HanseatiC towns maintained great estao-
lIshInent called the Steel YARD III LONDON
The Steel Yard merchants were mostly
North Germans, who would call the German
thaler as it was spelt, "dah-ler.n The same
merchants occasioned the word sterling, an
abbreviation of the word 'esterling." AS
the Hanseatic trade was particularly brisk
on the Baltic, and in Russia the standard
coins of the Hanse merchants were called
esterlings, and sterling came to mean
something genuine and desirable.
The word dollar is the Eng
lish for thaler, the first of which was coined
about 1886, and corresponds quite closely to
our present American silver dollar. The
word thaier means looming from a dale or
valley the first dollars having been coined
in a Bohemian valley called Foachimsthal.
1t was under Charles v, the Emperor of
Germany, King of Spain and Lord of Span
ish America that the German thaler became
the coin of the world
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BILL NYE.
HEATHEN HAND1LY HUMBUGGED
christian Missionary's Peculiar Way
OF Saving Chinese Sinners.
From the Mem York .Star.

From the Neto York Star.
Inc arrest on Thursday of j. c. Thorn, a
Chihese missionary, for swindling, has set
lott street by the cars and awakened hope
I'll Vhe breasts of the merchants of the Chi
i'eSe quarter that before long the blackmail-
u's schemes and swindles they have been
5uo]ected TO in time past will be entirely
Go1e away with. The charge against Thorn
VI uhaU ne swlndled several of the big mer-
crI OF Mott street by demanding money
oD,er pam OF being exposed TO the police as
fqiI3her. An intelligent Chinaman, who
sn ,rG lne story TO reporter yesterday, de
n,iIpeu III detail the operations of the al
u92nd-eyed crooks.
.Mlahy of the men who do business in the
tIjailllese quarter do not know much of any
ALE aa,Hg OF the English language, and a great
dix "t Tas about the laws of the country in
h"mIch they live. Many of them are easily
tr,poseu upon by their INSCRIPTIONS coun-
mem and willingly give up various
t a,,! OF money for supposed police pro-
,ugtlOl. The ones who have been bled are
i !. grocers and general merchants. As
n,,o ven known, the stores in Mott street are
rfRLyil every day in the week, many of the
S.nteSe customers living out of the city, and
NAM ai 3y Is the only day that they can get TO
folio,,ai; ork TO make their purchases for the
''in'owing week.
al ~ Is alleged that Thorn and half dozen
i I,'ier chinese missionaries, who are supposed
~, Ue engaged in Christianizing their cotm-
,g1mIien' nave made it point to 10 TO some
srj iue less intelligent merchants in the street
49," now IIlp press upon them the fact that IL was
solilst the law to sell anything on Sunday
az. duse OF the Excise law The word law
enough Tor the merchants, and they
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SOME GOOD CORNERS.

At private sale am offering some very
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for residences.
One on West Broad and Hull, near the
offices of the Georgia Central Railroad.
This is an excellent location for boarding
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The house is roomy and the lot large,
60x90, with much of the space unoccupied,
A splendid stand for business in the Inn
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on the thoroughfare leading into the ware
house and offices. This consists of a large
dwelling, with store attached, well built and
convenient. Its proximity to the Depot
gives special value to this property for en-
ployes, or for persons desiring the patronage
Of employees.